Au/Ra and Camelphat's Panic Room has now been top 40 for six weeks and all this time it has yet to progress to the top 30. Does anyone have examples of such longer periods as it can't be far away from beating the record if not already

From the era of the Official Charts:

 

Burundi Steiphenson Black - Burundi Black

 

Chart run: (1972) 50-37-{31}-39-33-31-31-38-32-35-40-39-43-46

 

So 11 weeks spent between numbers 31 to 40. However the part of the chart that Radio 1 counted down was only a top 30 at the time - it didn't become a top 40 until May 1978.

 

For lovers of old music this was the song that Malcolm Mclaren played to Adam Ant went he took over managing Adam & The Ants for a while in 1980 and suggest that Adam change his sound to a more tribal, African, beat

 

 

Also 11 weeks between 31-40 though over two chart runs:

 

Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad

 

(1968) 44-50-42-45-39-32-40-33-33-{31}-38-41-44

 

(1969) 45-35-37-35-{32}-46-42R(2)-49-45

 

The 1968 entry was from the Record Retailer (Now Music Week) chart. The 1969 entry is from the Official Chart but again only the top 30 was counted down by Radio 1.

 

Back when Fleetwood Mac were a British blues band and before the band uprooted and moved to the US. Lead singer was Peter Green